1974–75 National Basketball League season explained

1974–75 National Basketball League season
League:National Basketball League
Sport:Basketball
No Of Teams:10
Playoffs:Roll of Honour
Conf1:National League
Conf1 Champ:Islington Embassy All-Stars
Conf1 Runner-Up:Sutton & Crystal Palace
Conf2:National Cup
Conf2 Champ:Islington Embassy All-Stars
Conf2 Runner-Up:Sutton & Crystal Palace
Seasonslist:List of English National Basketball League seasons
Seasonslistnames:National Basketball League
Prevseason Year:1973–74
Nextseason Year:1975–76

The 1974–75 Clarks Men's Shoes National Basketball League season was the third season of the recently formulated National Basketball League.[1]

The league was sponsored by Clarks Men's Shoes and the number of teams increased again from eight to ten. Three new teams appeared in the form of Coventry Granwood, Exeter St Lukes and Cleveland StrongArm but Liverpool did not take part. The Islington Embassy All-Stars team (devoid of the London Latvian merger) completed the double of National League and Cup. There were no playoffs for the League during this era.[2]

League standings

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1 18 17 1 1799 1458 35
2 18 16 2 1606 1407 34
3 18 11 7 1473 1393 29
4 18 10 8 1413 1472 28
5 Coventry Granwood 18 8 10 1490 1457 26
6 London YMCA Metros 18 8 10 1498 1503 26
7 Loughborough All-Stars 18 8 10 1446 1402 26
8 18 7 11 1359 1352 25
9 Exeter St Lukes 18 3 15 1344 1628 21
10 Cleveland StrongArm 18 2 16 1439 1795 20

Leading scorers

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Embassy All-Stars 530
Embassy All-Stars 506
Sutton & Crystal Palace 501
Coventry 446
Exeter 440
Doncaster 410
Manchester382
Loughborough 344
Avenue 328
Loughborough 327

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Matthews & Morrison, Peter & Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records & Results. 1987. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 0-85112-492-5. registration.
  2. News: Sports Shorts . Harrow Observer . 4 April 1975 . 21 October 2022 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .